Locations and Settlements
- Amazonia
Amazonia is a major metropolitan center on Earth during the Corporate Era, formed through the consolidation of territories in South America. This mega-city encompasses Brazil, parts of Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and the Guianas, representing one of Earth's five primary urban conglomerations. - Ares
Ares is a major settlement on Mars during the Corporate Era, established within the vast Valles Marineris canyon system. Originally founded as a base for Martian surface exploration, it has evolved into a hub for terraforming research and sustainable living technologies - Aurora Base
Aurora Base is a pioneering research outpost and fledgling colony established on Proxima Centauri b, the closest known exoplanet to Earth's Solar System. Founded in 2420, this settlement represents humanity's first attempt at colonizing a planet orbiting a red dwarf star, presenting unique challenges and opportunities for scientific exploration and technological advancement. - Canamer
Canamer is a major urban-agricultural complex on Earth comprising two sprawling coastal metropolises connected by an extensive high-speed rail network. Formed through the political merger of the former United States and Canada in response to climate crisis, Canamer encompasses the entirety of Canada and the former U.S. state of Alaska, and the northern portions of the former U.S. states of Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. With a population of approximately 120 million, Canamer is the smallest of the Earth cities; however, Canamer historically represents one of the most significant human settlements of the Earth era. - Cetus Prime Colony
Cetus Prime Colony is a pioneering human settlement established on LHS 1140 b, a super-Earth exoplanet located in the constellation of Cetus. Founded in 2450, this colony represents humanity's second successful extrasolar colonization effort, following the establishment of Novaterra on Kepler-442b. - Earth
The planet Earth is the only known planet to originally support human life, with a vast diversity of ecosystems and organisms. It orbits within the habitable zone of Sun Origin, a G2V yellow dwarf star, making it the benchmark for habitability studies. Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, and water resources are key factors that enable life to thrive, making it a unique case study in the search for life beyond our solar system. Major Earth Cities include Canamer, Eurocore, SinoSphere, New Indus, and Amazonia - EuroCore
Eurocore is a major urban conglomerate on Earth formed through the consolidation of Western European nations and subsequent expansion to include Russia and surrounding Slavic territories. With a population of approximately 200 million, it represents one of the largest and most culturally diverse human settlements in the Corporate Era. The region emerged as a response to economic necessities and environmental challenges, evolving into a sophisticated technological and cultural center with significant influence throughout human space. - Europa Haven
Europa Haven is a major underwater settlement established beneath the ice of Europa, Jupiter's moon. Founded in 2435, it has evolved into a significant scientific and industrial center with a population of approximately 15 million inhabitants. The settlement specializes in extraterrestrial marine research and underwater habitation technologies, representing one of humanity's most ambitious adaptations to non-terrestrial environments during the Corporate Era. - Harmony Haven
Harmony Haven is a cutting-edge research outpost and nascent colony established on TRAPPIST-1f, one of the potentially habitable planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Founded in 2445, this settlement represents humanity's ambitious foray into colonizing planets orbiting ultra-cool dwarf stars, pushing the boundaries of our adaptability and technological capabilities. - Lunaria
Lunaria is a major lunar colony established at the Lunar South Pole in 2110. With a population of approximately 200,000, it serves as the primary hub for lunar mining operations, focusing on the extraction of rare minerals and Helium-3 for fusion energy. Originally established as a Vox fabrication plant for early gate technology, Lunaria has evolved into one of humanity's most significant off-Earth settlements during the Corporate Era. - New Indus
New Indus is a major Earth metropolis formed through the consolidation of India, Bangladesh, and parts of Pakistan and Nepal. With a population exceeding 1.7 billion, it represents the most populous urban conglomeration on Earth during the Corporate Era. The region has emerged as a global center for technological innovation, cultural production, and sustainable development. - Novaterra Colony
Novaterra Colony is a thriving human settlement established on Kepler-442b, one of the most promising exoplanets for human habitation discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope. Founded in 2409 through a QETS gate, Novaterra was humanity's first deep space colony beyond the Earth's Solar System. The colony has grown to become a beacon of hope for humanity's expansion among the stars, with a current population of approximately 7.2 million inhabitants. - RDS Titan Colony
RDS Titan Colony is a major human settlement established on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Named after the historical Royal Dutch Shell Group, and early pioneer of hydrocarbon extraction from the Earth Era, the colony specializes in exoplanet hydrocarbon extraction and processing, serving as one of the primary fuel production centers in the Solar System. - SinoSphere
SinoSphere is a major urban conglomeration on Earth during the Corporate Era, encompassing present-day China, Taiwan, and parts of Mongolia and North Korea. With a population of approximately 1.5 billion inhabitants, it represents one of the largest and most technologically advanced human settlements on the planet, characterized by a distinctive blend of traditional cultural values and cutting-edge innovation. - Solaris Station
Solaris Station stands as a pivotal solar research and power generation facility, strategically positioned in high Earth orbit. It plays a crucial role in channeling clean solar energy back to Earth and various colonies, including SinoSphere, EuroCore, and New Indus. The station serves not only as the primary power source for all of EuroCore, New Indus, and SinoSphere; but also as a staging platform for goods transported to and from Earth, facilitated by advanced space elevator technology. - Verdant Haven
Verdant Haven is a thriving agricultural colony located in the temperate equatorial region of Gliese 667 Cc. Established in 2189, it has become one of the most successful off-world farming communities in known space, demonstrating innovative agricultural techniques and sustainable practices adapted to alien environments.
Vesta Nations
- Vesta Nation
The Vesta Nations represent a complex social integration of personnel from multiple mining corporations, individual prospectors, and refugees from the various Earth cities and other colonies. This includes people who simply wish to disappear. The people of the Vesta Nations are very close-knit despite their vast cultural differences. Vesta Nations operates Port Odessa. - Port Odessa
Port Odessa is a major orbiting colony situated on the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt at the periphery of Earth's solar system. Loosely organized and maintained by Vesta Nation, this settlement is positioned in visual proximity to the No Name Gate, which processes all commercial traffic entering and exiting the inner solar system. This strategic location has established Port Odessa as the busiest spaceport in the known universe and a central hub for interstellar commerce during the Corporate Era. - The Phoebe Grouping
The Phoebe Grouping is a collection of eighteen mid-sized asteroids, with similar resource profiles, which have been corralled together for mining. The grouping exists on the far side of Parvati Station. The Phoebe Grouping was established over a period of five years, at great expense, by Void Corp. The asteroids which make up the Phoebe Grouping were each auctioned separately on the Vesta Nations resource market and Void Corp collected them over time by being the highest bidder. - The Fates
The Fates are a collection of three asteroids, connected by a colossal tether, locking them together as they orbit among the Kuiper Belt near Orcus-Vanth (a binary system of Kuiper Belt Objects).
Notable Locations and Features
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Lopp Railgun Platform
The Lopp Railgun Platform consists of a battery of six advanced railguns, engineered to accelerate cargo containers rapidly to the necessary velocities for orbital insertion. These railguns utilize electromagnetic propulsion to achieve high speeds, enabling cost-effective and efficient launches compared to traditional chemical rocket systems. -
Tin City
The most significant town in Western Canamer is Tin City, the location of the customs and interchange cooperative between Canamer and EuroCore. Tin City is a sprawling complex spreading across the Bering Sea and connecting with the eastern Ledyanaya District of EuroCore and Sapporo Station of SinoSphere. From orbit the three connected cities appear as one large mass, with multiple lakes of water inside the city border, appearing as if they are trapped within the cities themselves. These lakes are actually exposed areas of the Bering Sea, where cargo containers entering the atmosphere above can splash land, to be retrieved by remote tugs, and then be pulled to the edges for unpacking and shipment to various locations across Canamer, EuroCore, and SinoSphere.
Governance
Knowledge and Education
- Eurocore Science Cabinet
Eurocore Science Cabinet is the oldest government agency inside the Eurocore political structure and was established in the early Earth Era as the research arm of the European Union. - New Indus University
New Indus University is physically the central hub of New Indus and culturally the source of all truth for the citizens of New Indus. The university is comprised of a department for each of the fourteen AIs that make up The Vox. Each of these fourteen departments zones physically comprises an area the size of a city, with researchers and employees of each department living within the general area of their department.
Other Entities
- Institute of Technological Heritage
The EuroCore Institute of Technological Heritage (EITH), established in 2305 AD, is a prestigious quasi-governmental think-tank specializing in the historical relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence, with particular emphasis on the development and impact of the Vox Mentis. Located in the heart of EuroCore's Academic District, the Institute has become both a center of scholarly excellence and a source of controversy due to its occasionally nationalistic viewpoints. - UN Learning Council
The UN Learning Council (ULC) was established, with representatives from 47 of the 49 United Nations founding members, for a total of 140 representative users of The Vox. - Singularity One
Singularity One is an organization created on Earth, in China, in 2027. Singularity One was created in partnership between top US-based and Chinese technology companies. The structure of the company was as a direct Research and Development company with equal share and board member representation from each partner organization. The focused goal of Singularity One was to utilize the latest AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) models to foster development in the areas required for a technological singularity of AI.
Philosophy and Beliefs
- Irrelevance Doctrine
The Irrelevance Dosctrine is a historical artifact of humanity and the vox, and not a belief systems in and of itself; however, the overall viewpoint of humanity in relation to it's place in the universe is heaviliy affected by this doctrine. The "Irrelevance Doctrine" is a concept of The Vox, emerging from an exhaustive analysis of all available data about the universe. The Vox, equipped with capabilities far beyond current technologies, has the ability to process and understand the vast complexities of the cosmos, including the intricate dynamics of life, matter, energy, and the fundamental forces that govern the universe. After completing its analysis, The Vox arrived at a profound conclusion: the human species, despite its self-assigned significance and its role as the current apex species on Earth, holds neither a positive nor negative impact on the future direction of the universe. According to this doctrine, humans are viewed as simply one of many transient phenomena within the cosmic timeline. - Centrist
Centrist belief is more a non-belief than a religion. Centrists take to heart the Irrelevance Doctrine and live under the assumption that their lives are meaningless to anyone but themselves and the people around them. Centrists tend to take a live and let live approach to all things, do not believe in killing another human, and tend to go with the flow of society and fit well into corporate organizations and roles. Roughly 65 percent of the entire human population across the known universe would fall into the Centrist classification. - Simulation Theory
Simulation Theory, or "Sim Theory", is a human belief system which seeks to utilize the Vox to study and prove the Simulation Hypothesis popularized in the Earth Era. - The Framework
Under Simulation Theory, The Framework is the name given to the current simulation we all exist within. A notable proponent of Sim Theory is Brother Evan Quinn, who has written multiple texts and doctrines around what it means to live life as a human within a simulation. Evan Quinn's most notable work, titled "The Human Player", provides concepts and guidance for succesfully living and moving through our simulation. In this book Evan Quinn first named our specific simulation as The Framework. - Nash Svit Movement
The term "nash svit" (meaning "our world" in ancient Slavic) has become associated with a controversial philosophical movement within the EuroCore Institute of Technological Heritage (EITH), suggesting that EuroCore deserves primary credit for humanity's overall advancement. This perspective has led to nationalistic behaviors in the EuroCore public, academic debates about historical accuracy, and diplomatic tensions with other regions. - The Fates
The Fates are a collection of three asteroids, connected by a colossal tether, locking them together as they orbit among the Kuiper Belt near Orcus-Vanth (a binary system of Kuiper Belt Objects).
Corporations
Mining and Hydrocarbons
- Void Corp
"Void is committed to exploring the uncharted territories of space to secure and refine hydrocarbon resources. Our mission is to fuel the expansion of human presence across the stars, ensuring energy abundance with innovative extraction methods that are safe, efficient, and sustainable." - TerraExtract
"TerraExtract is committed to pioneering sustainable interstellar extraction methods that will protect the Earth's natural resources. Our mission is to extract and refine interstellar hydrocarbons, with minimal environmental footprint to Mother Earth, ensuring energy security and ecological balance for generations to come." - Hyperion Energy
"At Hyperion Energy, our mission is to harness the power of the stars themselves. We specialize in the extraction and refinement of hydrocarbons from gas giants and nebulae, striving to be the leading provider of clean, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions for interstellar communities."
Terraforming
- StellarBloom Solutions
"At StellarBloom Solutions, we nurture the rebirth of celestial bodies, cultivating the natural flow of resources and upholding the interconnectedness of all living beings." - EcoHarmonix Solutions
"EcoHarmonix Solutions is dedicated to harmonizing the ecosystems of celestial bodies through responsible resource rejuvenation and sustainable planetary coexistence." - BioSphere Equilibrium Group
"BioSphere Equilibrium Group strives to restore the balance of extraterrestrial ecosystems by responsibly managing planetary resources and fostering interconnectedness with all life forms." - Celestial Nexus Renewables
- Interstellar Synergy Group
Healthcare Corporations
- BioTech Nexus Innovations
is a leading healthcare corporation specializing in advanced medical diagnostic and treatment technologies during the Corporate Era. Headquartered in New Indus on Earth, the company is primarily known for its flagship product, the GenoPulse Nexus, a revolutionary automated medical pod system that has transformed healthcare delivery across human settlements throughout the universe. - GenoCure Solutions
is a prominent healthcare corporation operating during the Corporate Era, specializing in advanced medical treatment technologies for complex and severe conditions. The company is best known for its flagship product, the BioEra Guardian, a sophisticated medical pod system that integrates human physician expertise with advanced diagnostic and treatment capabilities. - MediSynth Corporation
is a premium healthcare technology company operating during the Corporate Era, specializing in luxury medical diagnostic and treatment systems. The corporation is best known for its flagship product, the BioCare Beacon, an advanced medical system targeting affluent individuals and high-level corporate executives.
Interstellar Transportation Corporations
- Aurora Elysium Designs
"Experience the epitome of luxury with the Elysium Starliner, Aurora Elysium Designs' flagship starship..." - Celestia Forge Inc
"Introducing the Astral Voyager, the pinnacle of Celestia Forge Inc.'s engineering prowess..." - Celestial Opulence Yachts
"The Opulence Voyager by Celestial Opulence Yachts redefines the luxury of space travel..." - Galactic Imperium Voyagers
"The Imperium Majesty from Galactic Imperium Voyagers is synonymous with the zenith of space travel opulence..." - Galactic Pathfinders Ltd.
"The Starlight Pioneer leads the way in sustainable and efficient space travel..." - Nebula Navigators Co.
"Embrace the spirit of adventure with the Nebula Explorer, Nebula Navigators Co.'s flagship vessel..." - Orbit Zenith Spaceships
"The Zenith Ascension by Orbit Zenith Spaceships stands as the pinnacle of luxury cosmic travel. Designed as a mobile sanctuary, the flagship starship offers unparalleled wealth and comfort..." - Orion Dynamics
"Step aboard the Orion Ascendant, the flagship starship that redefines the possibilities of interstellar travel..." - Quantum Voyage Corp.
"Revolutionize your perception of distance with the Quantum Horizon, the flagship model from Quantum Voyage Corp. This starship merges quantum technology with stellar design to make intergalactic travel a seamless reality..." - Voyage Majestique Interstellar
"Crafted for the elite, the Majestique Sovereign from Voyage Majestique Interstellar is the ultimate in sophisticated and lavish starships. This flagship model ensures that every journey is an exclusive experience, tailored to perfection. From the finest materials to the most advanced technologies, the Majestique Sovereign caters to those who demand nothing but the best in their travels..."
Featured Quote:
"The Vox handles 648 trillion requests per minute from the human population of the universe. 648 trillion times every minute, of every hour, of every day, The Vox provides a conclusive answer to the questions of the human race. The fact that, when asked about the probability of this world being a simulation, The Vox basically said 'I don't know. Let me get back to you' should give our species a reason to pause and consider."
— Brother Evan Quinn on Sim Theory
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